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Universal Pictures‘ Halloween Kills — the latest drop-off in the long-standing franchise — raked in approximately $50.4 million USD at the North American box office during its opening weekend. The figure largely exceeds expectations, which previously forecasted that the film would make $35 million USD to $40 million USD over the weekend. The movie also launched on Peacock on Friday, marking the largest start for a film premiering simultaneously in theaters and on a streaming service. Peacock did not share any viewership numbers for the movie. “We obviously had a very enthusiastic audience that was extremely eager to get out to theaters,” Universal’s domestic distribution chief Jim Orr told The Hollywood Reporter. “A film like Halloween Kills is going to be best experienced in the...

Netflix‘s hit series Squid Game could earn the streamer nearly $900 million USD in value. According to Bloomberg, the South Korean survival drama show created $891.1 million USD in impact value, which is described as “a metric the company uses to assess the performance from individual shows.” Documents reveal that Squid Game’s debut season cost about $2.4 million USD an episode, totalling to approximately $21.4 million USD. Reports add that around 132 million people have watched, at the very least, two minutes of Squid Game during its first 23 days on Netflix, but the total number of viewers who watched more of the show or actually finished it was not disclosed. Netflix does calculate, however, that about 89 percent of people who started watching finished at least 75 minutes while 66 perce...

Marvel Studios has released a new trailer for its new Hawkeye series starring Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton and his new partner Kate Bishop played by Hailee Steinfield. The show takes place during the holiday season in New York City, with Hawkeye shouting “This is gonna be the best Christmas ever!” as he prepares to spend quality time with his family. However, the festivities don’t last long as his past catches up to him. Hawkeye and Kate Bishop battle side by side as the archers face a relentless cast of foes. Clips show Clint Barton, who is in much need of a break, larping in Central Park, dodging bullets in a midtown highrise, ziplining off buildings, navigating a high-speed car chase, and duking it out in an ice rink as he rushes to settle unfished business. The first two episodes of H...

The new season four trailer for Young Justice: Phantoms was released this past weekend at DC FanDome with the first two episodes debuting on HBO Max shortly after. While the first two seasons of the show ran on Cartoon Network between 2010 and 2013, the show now lives on HBO Max. The animated TV show is produced by Brandon Vietti, who is behind Batman: Under the Red Hood and Jackie Chan Adventures and Greg Weisman from Gargoyles and Star Wars Rebels. After the second season of the show, Young Justice: Phantoms was initially cancelled before fans ignited their own sets of campaigns to bring the show back. This upcoming fourth season is set to focus on the original characters in their 20s. Based on the first poster, the show is set to follow the adventures of Nightwing, Miss Martian, Superbo...

Over at this year’s DC FanDome event, Dwayne Johnson has offered a first look at his upcoming Black Adam film with a teaser showing the anti-hero’s first entrance into our world, giving fans a glimpse at the immense power the character wields and his hate-filled origins. Aside from the reveal of Black Adam himself, the four-minute clip also showcases a series of actors who’ll be portraying some of the other heroes in the Justice Society in the upcoming film, including Pierce Brosnan as Doctor Fate, Aldis Hodge as Hawkman, Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone and Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz. Joining them will be Marwan Kenzari, James Cusati-Moyer, Bodhi Sabongui and the movie’s director Jaume Collet-Serra, whose previous works include Jungle Cruise, ...

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This year’s digital DC Fandome has just unveiled the official trailer for Robert Pattinson’s The Batman. The two-and-a-half-minute-long trailer showcases the key villains like the Riddler and Penguin while Batman’s relationship with Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman is further revealed. Directed by Matt Reeves, this new take on the Caped Crusader portrays a much darker and grittier version of Batman who is hell-bent on stopping crime the only way he knows how — with force. The trailer fits well with the new Batman as most scenes shown are either in the rain or at night, where it is Batman’s turn to strike fear in the hearts of criminals. Throwing caution to the wind, Pattinson’s portrayal of Batman can be summed up in the last scene from the trailer. There are fewer traps and gadgets while the blunt ...

On top of the official trailer release for The Batman, DC’s online FanDome also teased fans with DCEU title The Flash. This film will see Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) aka The Flash, split into two different universes — one with Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne and the other involving Ben Affleck’s take on Batman. Miller greets fans in the introductory video and reveals that, as it is still in production, it is more of a “sneak peek” as they didn’t have “enough material.” Regardless of the length of the clip, fans are given a clear look at Miller’s full suit as well as an alternate version of himself and Supergirl. The clip ends with the trio approaching Batman to see if they can count on him to help with whatever plan they have hatched. The move is slated for a late 2022 release, so fans should e...

The virtual DC FanDome 2021 certainly did not disappoint this year as it unveiled a whole new assortment of news, trailers and series celebrations for of DC comic book movies, Actual Comics and TV Shows. And during this year’s virtual event, one of the forthcoming motion pictures that revealed a special behind-the-scenes look was Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom that will be arriving in theaters in 2022. James Wan — who directed the first solo Aquaman film in 2018 — is called back to helm the sequel, and Jason Momoa returns as the main character in Arthur Curry aka Aquaman. Other returning cast members include that of Patrick Wilson who plays Orm aka Ocean Master, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Amber Heard who stars as Mera, Dolph Lundgren as King Nereus and Randall Park as marine biolo...

James Jude Courtney, the actor that portrays Michael Myers in Halloween Kills, has just revealed the secret in becoming the ultimate version of Michael Myers on camera — living with actual killers. On top of living with schizophrenic murderers in a psychiatric hospital, he also shared a flat with an ex-hitman-turned-acting coach. After explaining that he believes that living close to the edge in life is the best way to gain experience, James Jude Courtney goes on to tell that his ex-hitman roommate even gave him tips on how to improve his portrayal as Michael Myers. It mostly boiled down to, “get in, get the job done, and get out.” Fans can expect Halloween Kills to release on October 21. ‘Halloween Kills’ star James Jude Courtney says he lived with convicted murderer to learn ...

With just a little over a week to go before its premiere, HBO has now released a trailer for season 11 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, giving fans a first looking at Larry David‘s comedic genius. As seen in the trailer featured above, a host of familiar faces return for the upcoming season to join David, including long-time collaborator Jeff Garland, Richard Lewis, Cheryl Hines, JB Smoove, Jon Hamm, Seth Rogen, Vince Vaughn, Richard Kind and more. While HBO has largely kept under wraps what the coming episodes will entail, Smoove teased during the Creative Emmy Awards that the season may touch on many current issues including the COVID-19 pandemic. “I can’t tell you guys everything, but what I can say is Larry is really good at attaching his humor to the world and that’s consistently what he has ...